March 2020

Bernie Sanders Has Some Work to Do in the Suburbs

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — In the Trump era, the suburbs have been Democrats’ surprising superpower. A revolt by college-educated voters, largely women, in suburbs from Virginia Beach to Oklahoma City, from Houston to Southern California, delivered the House majority to Democrats in 2018. Driven by anxiety over guns, health care and the environment, and recoiling

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How the Democrats’ ‘15% Rule’ Could Reshape the Race on Super Tuesday

If you pay attention to the news ahead of Super Tuesday, you’re likely to hear about a critical bar that the candidates face, a baseline test that could reshape the large field of Democrats seeking the party’s nomination. It’s called the 15 percent rule, and here’s how it works. What’s at stake? Well, the nomination,

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Bernie Sanders Raised $46 Million in February, a Record for 2020

Senator Bernie Sanders announced on Sunday that he had raised $46.5 million in February, a sum that gives him a significant financial advantage over all of his rivals aside from the self-funding billionaire Michael R. Bloomberg as the number of states holding primaries expands widely in March, beginning on Tuesday. The Sanders campaign, which was

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